Business rights can't disregard sanctity of pilgrimage site: Gujarat government to HC on non-veg ban
The Gujarat government is defending a ban on the sale of non-vegetarian food within 500 meters of the Somnath Temple in the High Court. Officials argue that business rights do not supersede the religious and cultural sanctity of a major pilgrimage site.
Why it matters
The case highlights the ongoing legal and social tension between individual commercial rights and the protection of religious sentiments in public spaces.
Business rights can't disregard sanctity of pilgrimage site: Gujarat government to HC on non-veg ban left Gujarat's Somnath Temple. ANI ANI https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/xtmnt/article71609983.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/20261012474L.jpg ANI Bhopal, Oct 12 (ANI): An illuminated view of the replica of Gujarat's Somnath Temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva, decorated with lighting as a Durga Puja Pandal during the Navratri festival at Bittan Market, in Bhopal on Monday. (ANI Photo) Six restaurant owners have challenged the blanket ban imposed by the Gujarat Government two months ago on the sale of non-vegetarian food within a 500-metre periphery of the temple Ahmedabad The right to business cannot override the religious, historical and cultural character of a pilgrimage destination, the Gujarat Government has told the High Court while defending the ban on non-vegetarian food around the famous Somnath Temple.
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